yachting

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒtɪŋ

Verb

yachting

1. present participle and gerund of yacht

Noun

yachting (countable and uncountable, plural yachtings)

1. (often attributive) A physical activity involving yachts, such as racing sailing boats, cruising to distant shores, or day-sailing along a coast.
   • 1950 December, R. C. J. Day and R. K. Kirkland, “The Kelvedon & Tollesbury Light Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 839:

     In those days, yachting on the east coast was a favourite relaxation, and it was proposed to extend the line for 1¾ miles to a pier on the River Blackwater, where yachts could be moored.

Derived terms

• ice yachting
• land yachting
• sand yachting

Translations

physical activity involving boats

• Bulgarian: ветроходство (bg) n (vetrohodstvo)
• Czech: jachting m
• Georgian: იახტით ცურვა (iaxṭit curva)
• Irish: luamhaireacht f
• Japanese: ヨット遊び (yotto-asobi)
• Manx: shiaulley birleeyn m
• Portuguese: iatismo (pt) m, vela (pt) f

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɔ.tiŋ/

Noun

yachting m (plural yachtings)

1. yachting

Further reading

• “yachting”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.